Buckle.



W. KOPS.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-11,1915.

1,148,972. Patented Aug". 3, 1915.

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BUCKLE.

Specification of LettersiPatent.

, Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Substitute for application Serial No. 701,714, filed June 5, 1912. Thisapplication filed January 11, 1915. Serial No. 1,720.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALDEMAR Kors,a citizenof the UnitedStates of America residing at the borough of Manhattan,city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to an improvement in buckles for connectingparts of a webbing or similar flexible material commonly employed inhose supporters, susponders, belts and various other analogous articles,in which an adj ustable clamp is employed, and the object of myinvention is the provision of a simple, easily and cheaply constructedbuckle and one in which the and the blank is so formed as to provide thebuckle with obverse and reverse side members and end members at theextremities of the side members, the end members being turned over onthemselves so that their corners come in close proximity to one anotherand the reverse side members assume a position behind the'obverse sidemembers. The elastic webbing or other material is looped over a reverseside member, and in the use of the buckle, the frictional grip upon thematerial is obtained by contact with the edge of an inturned portionextending from an obverse side member, as will be hereinafter moreparticularly described. 7

In order to secure a positive grip between the extremities of the endmembers, I also provide these members, with lugs or similar devices,which, after the end members are bent or turned into position, as hereindescribed, are made to engage the opposite extremities of the endmembers to positively connect the same.

Figure 1 is a plan of a blank, for forming a buckle made in accordancewith my present invention. Fig. 2' is a side elevation, illustrating theuse of this buckle. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same, and Fig. 4

is a perspective view illustrating my im* proved buckle.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that I may also form myimproved buckle from a blank indicated at 27. This blank is stamped upfrom sheet metal, caused to be provided with an obverse side member 28.The end members 29 and 30 are integral with each other, as are also thereverse side member 32 and the obverse side members 31 and 33, whichlatter is intermediate of the obverse side members 28 and 31. Thisstructure makes provision for an aperture 3% between the members 31 and33, an aperture 35 between the members 28 and 33, andean aperture 36between the obverse side member 28 and the reverse side member Extendingfrom the end member 31 is an end portion 37, and adjacent to this end ofthe buckle, the end members 29 and 30 are provided with lugs 38, and atthe opposite ends the end members 29 and 30 are provided with ears orextensions 39.

In shaping this blank, the end members 29 and 30 are bent into a U-shapeform, so

that the extensions or ears 39 are caused to assume a position either incontact with or closely adjacent to the opposite ends of the endmembers, and, in this position, the lugs 38 are turned over and causedto engage the extensions, or cars 39, to secure the parts togetherpermanently, in order to prevent the separation thereof by strains towhich the buckle is subjected in use, or from other causes.

It will be understood that other equivalent devices may be employed forsuitably connecting the adjacent ends of the end members 29 and 30without departing from the nature and spirit of my invention.

In the use of this form of the buckle, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, awebbing 40 may be employed for a hose supporter, for example, one end ofthis webbing is threaded through the aperture 36, a loop formed in theend of the web and the parts thereof secured together by sewingindicated by dotted line 41. The webbing is then passed through an eye42 of a garment clasp 43, after which the web is threaded through theaperture 35 from the inside outwardly, then through the aperture 34 fromthe outside of the buckle inwardly, and the surface of the web, in theuse of the device, contacts with i re.

1 bers connecting the said obverse andc reverse side members and beingbent at right angles thereto and also bent into U-form,

the said obverse side member having a; portion extending over thereverse side member, the edge of the portion providing a grip ping edgefor the buckle, and means for securing together the extremities of theU- form end members.

Signed by me this 5th day of December,

VVALDEMAR KOPS. Witnesses:

ERNST NEUMANN, ELKAN A. HACKEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five 'cents each, jby addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

